Accumulator control for tabulating machines



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i 'atented July 31, 1951 ACCUMULATOR CONTROL FOR TABULATING MACHINESWilliam Wockenfuss, Union, N. J., assignor to Control InstrumentCompany, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York ApplicationMarch 4, 1948, Serial N 0. 13,017

33 Claims.

. l v This invention relates to improvements in statistical cardcontrolled machines and has particular reference to a tabulator.

The machine herein disclosed is a further development of the tabulatorshown in the copending application of W. Wockenfuss, Serial No. 676,520,filed June 13, 1946, wherein two transfer units are provided which aredesigned, through the medium of set-up devices therein, to accomplishdifferent controls in the print section of the machine by utilizing theset-up devices to operatively position preselected transfer pins thatare actuated from the card analyzing mechanism.

According to the present invention and among other features thereof,there is provided an improved accumulator control mechanism whereinacontrol member is selectively positioned relative to an accumulator andthereafter operated to adjust the accumulator to either adding,subtracting or neutral positions.

I Another feature of the invention is to accomplish the variousadjustments of the accumulator by the inclusion, in one of said transferunits and its set-up device, of an auxiliary control section which willin conformity with the appearance or non-appearance of a control hole ina card, effect the selective positioning of the above mentioned controlmember preliminary to it adjustment of the accumulator.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofexpressions one of which, for purposes of illustration, is shown in theaccompanyingdrawings; but it is to be expressly understood that saiddrawings are employed merely to facilitate the description of theinvention as a whole and not todefine the limits thereof, referencebeing had to the appended claims for this purpose.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a front elevation of the analyzing section of the machine;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is afragmentary top plan view of said section;

Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

, Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the printing section of the machine,with parts broken away;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal section on the line '6 6 of Fig. 4;

Fig.7 is a transverse section through the analyzing section, taken onthe line 1-1 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 8 is a transverse section through the printihg section on the line8--8 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a section on the line l0l0 of Fig. 9;

Fig. 10a is a fragmentary elevation, partly in section, of the controlmechanism for the upper, sub-total accumulators;

Fig. 101) is a similar view of the control mechanism for the lower,grand total accumulators;

Fig. 100 is a fragmentary plan view, partly in section and taken on theline l0clflc of Fig. 9, of the sub and grand total accumulator controlmechanism;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged section on the line i l-l l of Fig. 10,illustrating the control mechanism for the auxiliary section of theupper transfer unit;

Fig. 12 is an elevation, partly in section, of the mechanism shown inFig. 11, with parts in their operated positions;

Fig. 13 is a horizontal section on the line l3- l3 of Fig. 10;

Fig. 14 is a plan view of the left portion of Fig. 9;

Fig. 15 is an enlarged plan view, partly in section, showing a portionof the control mechanism illustrated in Fig. 9;

' Fig. 16 is a fragmentary sectional view of the lower transfer unit anda restoring means for elements thereof;

Fig. 17 is an enlarged elevation, with parts in section, of the cardreceiving or stacking mechanism;

Fig. 18 is a transverse section on the line l8- l8 of Fig. 17;

Fig. 19 is an enlarged fragmentary section of the card feed magazine,taken on the line l9-l9 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 20 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section of the card stopmechanism located in each of the sensing and analyzing stations;

Fig. 20a is a similar view of the card feed magazine, showing the stopfeed control;

Fig. 201) is a sectional detail of a card sensing device located at eachof the sensing and analyzing stations and shown in its operativeposition when actuated by a card;

Fig. 21 is a fragmentary isometric upper and lower transfer units, theanalyzer controls therefor and the mechanisms by which the type bars arecontrolled thereby;

Fig. 22 is a similar View of the accumulator and type bar controlmechanisms;

view of the

